The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-03-02

THEIR RICH OWNERS NOT FITTED
TO BE COUNTRY GENTLEMEN.

1t is One Thing to Have a Country
Seat" and Quite Another Thing to be
at Home and Happy in It--A Remark
able Exhibit.
There is a tendency among men of large
wealth" said a real estate dealer down
town, ''to establish big country houses
near New York and live after the English
fashion. They seek to make their country
place the home of the family, give it a
high sounding title, dream of establish
ing family which shall stand high in the
county and make name for itself in
dozen honorable ways. They take a fur
nished house in town for the season, just
as the EngliShman does for eight weeks
in London. This is growing more prac-
ticable here than formerly, as the season
grows shorter every year. We can all of
us remember when society came back to
New York on Sept. 1 and stayed till
June. Now November is considered early,
December acceptable, but Jan. the
really proper time. This gives an oppor-
tunity for spending Christmas at the
country house in the old fashioned way.
By May 10 half of society is on the move
again to Europe or elsewhere. So, you
see, a great city establishment is sup
ported all the year round by the old plan,
though occupied less than five months out
OF the twelve. it is very expensive run
ming Il town house all the year round this
way, but when a furnished dwelling is
taken and only four months are spent here
the expenditure is greatly reduced. The
other eight months are spent at the coun
try house.
THE TROUBLE WITH AMERICANS.
''On the other side of the water this
is easily accomplished, because the real
home of an Englishman is in the
cOun -ry, and he looks upon city life as an
excursion The trouble here is that
Americans look upon their Out-OftOWn
life as a vacation in the country and
hence they grow dissatisfied if it is too
much prolonged. They feel themselves
above their neighbors and do not make
acquaintance, so that there is no visit
ing and calling among them. Thus the
family gradually bOres itself to despera-
ton. Friends are invited out from town
only at rare intervals, and there IS gen
eral stagnatiOn. The women do not in
terest themselves in the churches and
schools of the villages nor do the men take
a hand in politics or local improvements.
The head OF the family is usually q bust
ness man who has been accustomed to the
drive anL rush of the city, and who is
quite at I il - vn on his own re
sources. & has 20 inclination for read
ing. is no interested in farming, and
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